diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
index 5e0b96d0..cfb790d1 100644
--- a/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
+++ b/include/qpdf/QPDF.hh
@@ -759,7 +759,6 @@ class QPDF
 
     void parse(char const* password);
     void inParse(bool);
-    bool resolveXRefTable();
     void setLastObjectDescription(std::string const& description, QPDFObjGen const& og);
     QPDFObjectHandle readTrailer();
     QPDFObjectHandle readObject(std::string const& description, QPDFObjGen og);
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
index fd23753b..00ab1ce0 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF.cc
@@ -1385,13 +1385,13 @@ QPDF::Xref_table::show()
 // Resolve all objects in the xref table. If this triggers a xref table reconstruction abort and
 // return false. Otherwise return true.
 bool
-QPDF::resolveXRefTable()
+QPDF::Xref_table::resolve()
 {
-    bool may_change = !m->xref_table.reconstructed;
-    for (auto& iter: m->xref_table) {
-        if (isUnresolved(iter.first)) {
-            resolve(iter.first);
-            if (may_change && m->xref_table.reconstructed) {
+    bool may_change = !reconstructed;
+    for (auto& iter: *this) {
+        if (qpdf.isUnresolved(iter.first)) {
+            qpdf.resolve(iter.first);
+            if (may_change && reconstructed) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
@@ -1407,9 +1407,9 @@ QPDF::fixDanglingReferences(bool force)
     if (m->fixed_dangling_refs) {
         return;
     }
-    if (!resolveXRefTable()) {
+    if (!m->xref_table.resolve()) {
         QTC::TC("qpdf", "QPDF fix dangling triggered xref reconstruction");
-        resolveXRefTable();
+        m->xref_table.resolve();
     }
     m->fixed_dangling_refs = true;
 }
diff --git a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh
index c1659340..9beaa29d 100644
--- a/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh
+++ b/libqpdf/qpdf/QPDF_private.hh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class QPDF::Xref_table: public std::map<QPDFObjGen, QPDFXRefEntry>
     void initialize();
     void reconstruct(QPDFExc& e);
     void show();
+    bool resolve();
 
     QPDFObjectHandle trailer;
     bool reconstructed{false};